Projects satisfying UT-Classics Fieldwork Requirement

UT-affiliated projects that offer credit or field schools:

Suitable projects that offer credit or field schools:

BULGARIA

ARCS Archaeological Field School at Heraclea Sintica
Excellent field project centered on an ancient Hellenistic city sponsored by the American Research Center in Sofia. Credits are available through the National Institute of Archaeology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

CYPRUS

Athienou Archaeological Project
Multidisciplinary project at the site of Athienou-Malloura and the surrounding valley, 4 credits available through Davidson College.

GREECE

Azoria Project
Excavation project at this 7th-6th-century-BC coastal Aegean city in Crete. Equivalent of 8 credits available through Duke University.

D.E.P.A.S. of Mycenae: Lower Town
Excavations in the valley below the famous Bronze Age palace citadel. 4 credits or international field certificate offered through Dickinson College.

Iklaina Archaeological Project
Excavation at a Bronze Age Site in the area of Messenia, Greece run by the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Staff includes UT Professor Emerita Cynthia Shelmerdine, and numerous UT students have participated in the project during the last years. 6 credits offered.

Kenchreai Field School
Excavations at the eastern port of Corinth. Field school credits (number TBA) offered through Hampshire College.

ISRAEL

Dig AshkelonExcavations at the ancient site of Ashkelon in Israel. Cosponsored by Harvard University, Boston College, Troy University, and Wheaton College. 8 credits available through Harvard Summer School.

Tel Dor Excavation Project
Excavations at this 3000-year-old port city cosponsored by Hebrew University, the University of Haifa, and the University of Washington. 12 credits available through UW.

Howard Comfort, FAAR '29, Summer Program in Roman Pottery
Intensive four-week program in Rome designed to present the basics of Roman pottery studies, which can be gained only through direct contact with ceramic assemblages. Numerous visits to sites and collections. Participants are invited to participate in the Pompeii Porta Stabia project (see below). Sponsored by the American Academy in Rome.

San Gemini Preservation Studies
Courses in various kinds of archaeological restoration in San Gemini, Italy. Students will have the opportunity to work on archaeological artifacts from the excavation at the Roman Baths of Carsulae. Several 3-unit courses are offered. Units correspond to credits, but university sponsorship is variable.